E30 Zone

So I finally got round to re-building my rear wheels to give them a 10j dish the tyres gave a bit more of a stretch then I expected but I'll leave them for now until I get tired of parking 1 metre away from the kerbs anyway here are some pics

What a gorgeous car !!

BBS for me , looks perfect

I would sort the rear tyres out as they look wrong.

Other than that they looks awsome.

As above, need sorted for that kinda car.

what j's are fronts and have you had any issues getting the 10j's on rear?

very nice car mate...i like your new wheels, a car of that calibre would look good with any wheels lol.

nice one mate

The fronts are 7.5j and the 10j rears did rub with 225/45 profile tyres so I panicked and fitted the 215/30 profile tyres......but I think I will go to 225/40 profiles as these do look a it too stretched

defo too stretched.

must say im not a great fan of the stretched euro look...i always wonder how safe the cars are and how badly they must handle.

Ive never driven a car with the stretched tyres so i dont know..

maybe someone who has could let me know

I must admit......I was driving the car very cautiously and not enjoying it during the test drive new tyres ordered.......third time lucky I hope

A 225 is still going to be pretty stretchy, I used 235 40 on my 9in style 5s and there was still a hint of stretch.

walrus1968 wrote:must say im not a great fan of the stretched euro look...i always wonder how safe the cars are and how badly they must handle.

Ive never driven a car with the stretched tyres so i dont know..

maybe someone who has could let me know

I've driven a fwd vw shitter with stretched tyres and it wasn't that bad in the dry. Lots of understeer in the wet and a tendency to lock up the wheels when braking. Thankfully they've gone and been replaced with bottletops with no stretch at all.

235/40...thanks mate

A very smart cab

Thanks for the kind words everyone

Dude, instead of keep spunking loads on tyres, get some bottletops and give those wheels to me

What a beautiful car!

You Just be careful pulling it into that garage!!

The jury is out on the wheels.

Stretched tyres on a bm make the handling a lot more sketchy on the rear (more than it already is!) and there's no sidewall 'give' so the ride is harsher and the car somehow feels less settled on the road, also there is more of a tendency to lose traction over obstacles like drain cover lips, uneven road surfaces etc..
In short it's not fantastic, the more stretched the tyre, the worse it is.. I've driven 9j's with 205/215/225 30/35/40 and 45 tyres on (in a variety of diameters) and sadly I have to say bigger is better! There is a happy medium though.. Where you don't get the 'balloon' look and the car still drives nice...

Anyway, enough of that! The vert looks the bo**ocks! but, I would have left the spokes silver.. Just my opinion though!

If anyone wants a set of Schnitzer 17" type 1 splits with the CORRECT offset and the CORRECT size tyres to fit their E30 M3, give me a shout

pacerpete wrote:If anyone wants a set of Schnitzer 17" type 1 splits with the CORRECT offset and the CORRECT size tyres to fit their E30 M3, give me a shout

Or 18" type 2 splits, let me know.

225 40 17's do not exist

225/35 will give you a hint of stretch, but still cover the rims nicely.

Kos wrote:225 40 17's do not exist

http://www.ears.co.uk/product_info.php? ... googlebase

Well that's a turn up, however they are nexens and cheap nasty budgets which should not find their way onto any e30 m3

I'm pretty sure it's incorrectly listed on the web site. If you e mail them they'll probably admit they have it wrong

The only companies I found that did them was Nitto ( only in the USA and now NLA )and some nasty Chinese company

Looks very well man

Kos wrote:Well that's a turn up, however they are nexens and cheap nasty budgets which should not find their way onto any e30 m3

I'm pretty sure it's incorrectly listed on the web site. If you e mail them they'll probably admit they have it wrong

The only companies I found that did them was Nitto ( only in the USA and now NLA )and some nasty Chinese company

It's a mistake. One they've had on there for well over a year as i rang them about them ages ago.
225 40 17 impossible to get here

cecotto_singh wrote:

Kos wrote:Well that's a turn up, however they are nexens and cheap nasty budgets which should not find their way onto any e30 m3

I'm pretty sure it's incorrectly listed on the web site. If you e mail them they'll probably admit they have it wrong

The only companies I found that did them was Nitto ( only in the USA and now NLA )and some nasty Chinese company

It's a mistake. One they've had on there for well over a year as i rang them about them ages ago.
225 40 17 impossible to get here

Just as I thought

It would be great if some one did do them

Kos wrote:

cecotto_singh wrote:

Kos wrote:Well that's a turn up, however they are nexens and cheap nasty budgets which should not find their way onto any e30 m3

I'm pretty sure it's incorrectly listed on the web site. If you e mail them they'll probably admit they have it wrong

The only companies I found that did them was Nitto ( only in the USA and now NLA )and some nasty Chinese company

It's a mistake. One they've had on there for well over a year as i rang them about them ages ago.
225 40 17 impossible to get here

Just as I thought

It would be great if some one did do them

Balls.. Ah well! I'm surprised though, it'd be a good size!
And I agree that Nexens on an M3.. Would not be the greatest idea..